Educational Technology in ELT

Monday, 29 January 2018

I have just found
an amazing app with a solid pedagogical idea behind! So I’m back blog writing after almost 5
years!!!

The app is calledVocal Recall@vocalrecallapp and allows you
to upload audio directly to preprinted stickers of QR codes.

This is how it
works: you need the mobile app (Android and iOS) and the printed QR code
stickers, which you can buy from Amazon or print yourself with the free QR
Codes sent to you by email.

1-You record a
message up to 5 minutes with the app.

2-You scan the QR
code with the app to link the code with that recording.

3-You put the QR code
sticker anywhere to be decoded with any QR code reader to listen to it.

A testScan this QR code to see how it works.

Some ideas for the
classroom:

As a teacher:

Add a sticker to
any print classroom materials to include oral instructions.

Add a ticker to
students’ work to provide personalised feedback.

Add a sticker to
each station in a treasure hunt for oral instructions.

As a student:

Add a sticker to a
book you have read with your oral book review and recommendation.

Add a sticker to a
project artifact explaining what you did.

Create a
self-assessment sticker for any work or period of work.

Considerations:

I believe the value
of the app is in the ready-made QR codes and the ease of use. You could of
course make your own QR codes one by one, but that would take ages! Even if you
order the QR codes from Amazon the cost is minimal, as the app itself is free.

I will definitely
be trying this out with my own students as from March and promise to come back
with more ideas for implementation.

Sunday, 25 August 2013

As a teacher and teacher trainer I have found that I need to
have multiple resources, tools or websites at hand, easily available. I have
over the past years experimented with a few different tools so here they are!

One possibility is using a startpage to organize the
resources you regularly use.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Joe Dale: Combining hardware, software and mobile technologies to support classroom interaction, participation, distance learning and success : what really happens!The fourth review in my IATEFL series is for Joe Dale's fast-paced talk about mobile technologies, especially iPads. There were so many resources mentioned in this talk that I'm sure I missed some!Here are my notes and references.